Help on a rifle make

[Ruger30-06]

Anyone every heard of the company called "Santa Barbara Custom"? We saw a 7mm Mag at the Ducna gun show today, came home to look into the company and couldnt find anything.

 

[Dustin]

Santa Barbara made actions for Parker-Hale for awhile...it's a good mauser 98 action.

 

[tiriaq]

Santa Barbara barrelled actions were sold with unfinished stocks as kits at one time.

 

[Ruger30-06]

So they dont make full rifles then?

 

[SDC]

They do (or at least did); they manufactured bolt-actions based on the Mauser, and several black powder reproductions.

 

[Mauser98]

From what I can gather from 'Bolt Action Rifles' by Frank de Haas. Santa Barbara refers to Santa Barbara of America which was based in Texas. This company imported the actions from the Spanish Military Arsenal at La Corona, Spain where they were made. They can be identified by the word 'Spain' stamped on the left side ot the rear receiver tang. Their serial number starts with a 'Z'.

Generally speaking, they were a commercial Mauser 98 but with a Parker-Hale type trigger and safety(the rear guard screw passes through the rear of the trigger housing) and with all the attributes of the M98 including a complete C-ring.

De Haas felt they were a fairly well-made rifle.

 

[240gord]

I had a look at the rifle at the gun show.I went back twice.It is a very nice rifle but wrong cal for me.
Gord.

 

[Ruger30-06]

I had a look at the rifle at the gun show.I went back twice.It is a very nice rifle but wrong cal for me.
Gord.

Yeah, dad looked at it a couple times aswell. He was looking for a primary hunting rifle.

 

[Ruger30-06]

Thanks for the help on the rifle.

 

[Pat Brennan]

I believe there were some problems with heat treatment on one run of their actions. It's not one I'd put much money into. Too many good ones out there.

 

[dan belisle]

Some of the last actions made were shipped and sold in various stages of finish. Including heat treating, and then put together in the US and sold. Or so I'm told. - dan

 

[1899]

I have also read of softness and or brittleness problems. Is brittleness even a word? I wish I remember which book I read it in.